“But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions -- it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace.” (Ephesians 2:4-7 NIV)
When it comes to spiritual knowledge, it's not what you know but Who you know. I experienced the value of knowledge that is up close and personal during the 1996 World Series between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees. The cleanup pitcher for the Yankees, John Wetteland, is a close friend and gave my son and me tickets to attend a game in Atlanta. Because we knew John, his name was the key to untold opportunity wherever we went. It unlocked a hotel room in a city that was overbooked. It gained us entrance to the Yankee locker room. It even provided seats on the team bus right next to Reggie Jackson! My son, Nathan, and I kept pinching ourselves to make sure the whole experience wasn't a dream. But it was -- a dream come true.
What personally knowing John Wetteland did for us in Atlanta, intimately knowing Christ does for a Christian in this life -- it opens the entrance to eternity; it reserves a seat in Heaven; and it unlocks the treasure house of God's wisdom.
-- Lenya Heitzig and Penny Pierce Rose in “Pathway to God's Treasure: Ephesians”
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